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Reiuued Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. BABTINI, OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOHOWARD B. ECCLESTON', OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BREAD CUTTER AND CARRIER.

Original No. 1,345,118, dated June 29, 1920, Serial No. 321,564, filedSeptember 4, 1919. Application for reissue filed June 21, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn F. BARTINI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria and State of Virinia, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Bread Cuttersand Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a vfull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a bread cutter and carrier which is adaptedfor use in various types of institutions, such as homes for soldiers,aged people or the like, and the primary object of the invention is toprovide a device which will materially facilitate the cutting andpassing of bread to the persons seated at a table.

Another object of this invention is to provide an endless conveyer whichis mounted upon the table intermediate the edges of the same and fortravel longitudinally over the top of the table for carrying slices ofbread thereover so that the persons seated at the table may readilyreach the bread and remove it from the conveyer when desired, andfurther to provide a pan or box for receiving anyshces of bread whichmight have passed the entire length of the table without being removedfrom the conve er.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rotary knife and abread retaining cylinder, through which the bread is fed by gravity sothat it will be sliced by the knife.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cutting or slicingdevice in which the bread or other material to be sliced is fed bygravity, combined with a relatively stationary cutting edge, the edge inthe em; bodiment shown being "a rotary knife, the article to be slicedbeing movable toward and away from the cutting edge.

With the foregoing and ot er ob'ects in view, this invention consists insuc novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partsas will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in theaccompanyin drawings and claimed.

In descri ing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters designate Serial No.479,388.

like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention, showing it applied to atable.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the table, showing the application ofthe improved bread cutter and carrier.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view, showing the bread cutting structure and aportion of one end of the conveyer.

Figure 4 is an end view of the invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the bread carrying plates ofthe conveyer structure.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of the bread retainingcylinder, and

Figure 7 is an edge view of the structure illustrated in Figure 6.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates an ordinarytable which is supported by the usual type of supporting legs 2. Thetable top 3 has a conveyer structure nerically indicated by the numeral4 p aced thereon and extending lon gitudinally of the table in thecenter of the top, as clearg shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. econveyer structure 4 includes supporting side rails 5 which aresupported above the table by suitable supportmg legs 5'. The conveyerroper, which is composed of a plurality of bread carrying plates 6 andlinks 7, travels over rollers 8 and 9, which are carried by the siderails 5. The bread carrying plates 6 have their ends rolled, as shown at10, to provide an u ending portion for engaging one edge 0 a slice 0bread so that the bread Wlll. be carried along with the movement of theplates and prevented from slippin or accidentally passing off the late.e links 7 are composed of hinged y connected sections 11 and 12 whichare hinged together as shown at 13 so as to permit the conveyer to pasover the rollers 8 and 9, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The propelling roller 9 is mounted upon a shaft 14, which shaft extendsbeyond the edge of the table top 3 and has a pulley 15 mounted thereonabout which a belt 16 passes. The belt 16 may be connected to anysuitable t of prime mover or prope ling means or rotating the shaft, and

whic consequently rotating the roller and for operating the conveyer 6.

The side rails 5 have their ends positioned at the delivery end of theconveyer structure turned downwardly, as shown at 17, for guiding slicesof bread into a receiving box 18 which is supported by suitable brackets19. The brackets 19 are attached to the table 1 in any suitable manner.

The shaft 14 has a beveled gear 20 mounted thereon which meshes with asecond beveled gear 21 carried by a vertical shaft 22. The verticalshaft 22 extends through the table top 3 and has a pulle 23 mounted uponits lower end, about w ich a belt 24 travels. The belt 24 also travelsabout a ulley 25 mounted upon a vertical shaft 26. The shaft 26 ismounted in a sleeve 34 carried by the bracket 27, which is secured tothe ta e to 3. The upper ends of sleeve 34 and sha 26 are formed withannular bearing portions and 36, respectively, which may form races forball or roller bearings, if desired.

The shaft 26 has a circle knife 28 carried by its upper end, which knifeis provided with peripheral teeth 29 which slice the bread.

The bread is retained and fed to the knife 28 b a cylinder orgravity-feed holder 30,

cy inder or holder is supported by an arm 31. The arm 31 is pivotallyconnected, as shown at 32, to one of the side rails 5 of the conve erstructure. The cylinder 30 may be s aped to fit a loaf of bread. An arm33 is supported on the sleeve 34, and it may be adjustably mountedthereon. The edge of the bread beneath the lower open end of thecylinder rests upon the arm 33, and hence the adjustment of the armregulates the thickness of the bread. The arm extends outwardly beneaththe different ositions of the c llnder 30 and prevents t bread fromfalling out of the cylinder upon the table.

In the operation of the improved bread cutter and conveyer the lower endof the loaf of bread will extend out of the cylinder 30 and rest uponthe arm 33, after which the cylinder is swung u on its pivot 32 so thatthe knife 28 during its rotation will ongage and ass through the leaf ofbread, slicing a siice off the same, which slice of bread falls upon oneof the plates 6 and is carried along over the table top 3 until it istaken from the conveyer b a person seated at the table. In case 0 breadis not taken from the conveyer, it will be deited in the box 18, fromwhence it may taken and used for any purpose, or relaced upon thereceiving end of the conve er.

Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings a modified form of the bread holder isillus- The modified form comprises a pair of arcuated plates 40 and 41which enga e a loaf of bread on opposite sides of t e which the suprting arms 43 of the members are rotata ly attached.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the advantages of construction and of method of operation ofthe im roved bread cutter and carrier will be rea ilyapparent to thosskilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and, while in theforegoing description the principle of the operation of this inventionhas been described, together with various features of construction, itis to be understood that certain minor features of construction,combination and arrangement of arts may be altered to suit practicalcond itions, provided such alterations are comprehended within the sco eof what is claimed.

\ hat is claimed is:

1. In a slicing machine, a rotary knife, a holder for the material to besliced said holder so constructed that the material will pass downwardlytherethrough by gravity, said holder mounted to oscillate toward andfrom the rotary knife.

2. In a slicing machine, a rotary knife, a holder for the material to besliced, said holder so constructed that the material will passdownwardly therethrough by gravity, said holder mounted to oscillatetoward and from the rotary knife, a gauge plate on which the materialrests while being sliced, said gauge plate bein so constructed that thematerial will fal therefrom as it is sliced.

3. In a slicing machine, a rotary knife, a holder for the material to besliced, said holder so constructed that the material will passdownwardly therethrough by gravity said holder mounted to be movedtoward and from the rotary knife, a gauge plate on which the materialrests while being sliced, said gauge plate bein so constructed that thematerial will fal therefrom as it is sliced.

4. In a slicing machine, a rota knife, a holder for the material to besliced, said holder so constructed that the material will passdownwardly therethrough by gravity said holder mounted to be movedtoward and from the rotary knife, a uge plate on which the materialrests wh' e being sliced, said gau plate being relatively narrow ascompa t the width of the material to be sliced, whereby the materialwill fall from the plate as it is sliced.

5. In a slicing machine, a rotary holder for the material to be shced,said holder so constructed that the material will pass downwardlytherethrough by gravity,

knife, a

said holder mounted to be moved toward and from the knife, an adjustablegauge plate on which the material rests, said gauge plate beingpositioned below the knife and extending beyond the eriphery thereof.

6. In a slicing macliine, a table, a knife rotatably mounted thereon, anoscillatable gravity-feed holder connected to said table, and an endlessponveyer fgr removing the -7. Ifiasliciiig machine, a table, a sleevesecured to said table, a shaft rotat-ably mounted in said sleeve, aknife on said shaft, and an oscillatable gravity-feed holder on saidtable.

8. A slicing machine, including a table, a sleeve secured to said table,a shaft in said sleeve, a knife on said shaft, an oscillatablegravity-feed holder on said table, and means on said sleeve forregulating the thickness of the slices.

9. In a slicing machine, a support, a shaft journalled on the sup ortshaft rotating means, a knife fixed to t e shaft for rotation therewith,an arm pivoted to the support, a receptacle fixed to the arm and adaptedto retain the article to be sliced, said arm and receptacle adapted tobe swung toward and from the knife. 7

10. In a slicing machine, a support, a shaft journalled on the support,shaft rotating means, a knife fixed to the shaft for rotation therewith,a holder pivotally mounted on the support and adapted to retain thearticle to be sliced, and an outtubular member standing arm disposedbelow the knife to engage the end of the object to support the same inposition to be engaged by the knife.

11. In a slicing machine, a support, a vertically disposed shaftjournaled on the support, shaft rotating means, a circular knife fixedto the shaft for rotation therewith, an upstanding arm pivoted to thesupport, a

xed to the up r end of the supporting arm and adapte to retain the obect to be sliced, the arm being adapted to be swung to a position wherethe .tubular member will be disposed above the circular knife at oneedge thereof, and an outstanding arm carried by the shaft and disposedbelow the knife to engage the end of the object to support the same inposition to be engaged by the knife.

12. In a slicing machine, a support, a vertically disposed shaftjournaled on the support, shaft rotating means, a circular knife fixedto the shaft for rotation therewith, an upstanding arm pivoted to thesupport, a tubular member xed to the upper end of the arm and adapted toretain the object to be sliced, the arm being adapted to be swun to aposition where the tubular member wi be dis sed above the knife at oneed e thereo an outstanding arm carried by t e shaft and disposed belowthe knife to engage the end of the object to support the same inposition to be engaged by the knife, and a carrier adapted to convey theslices away from the knife.

JOSEPH F. BARTINI.

